Police nab suspected car thief in Capitol Hill

Seattle Police arrested a 39-year-old man Thursday night after he was spotted near a stolen Pontiac in Capitol Hill and tried to run away.

At 6:40 p.m., two officers were responding to reports of someone driving the stolen car near 13th Avenue East and East John Street, police spokesman Mark Jamieson wrote on the department’s blog Friday.

The car, a black Pontiac Grand Am, had been stolen in Bellevue. The officers found the car in the parking lot of Safeway in the 1400 block of East John Street.

When they pulled up, they saw a tall, thin, white man standing near one of the car’s passenger doors, which was open, police said. The man, who was also standing near a bike, then ran away.

When officers caught him less than a block away, he reportedly said, “You got me.”

The suspect was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of auto theft.